Job Posting: 30/May/2023
Closure Date: 14/Jun/2023, 12:59:00 AM
Organizational Unit: PMUSA
Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition: PSA (Personal Services Agreement)
Grade Level: N/A
Primary Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: Up to 11 months
Post Number: N/A
FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.
- FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
- Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO’s values
- FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
- All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
- FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.
Organizational Setting
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind. The Programme Management Unit (PMU) of the FAO-Saudi Technical Cooperation Programme (2019-2025) facilitates, coordinates and manages all technical and advisory services to be provided by FAO to the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MoEWA) and its sister agencies. Within the framework of the UTF Technical Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering the period 2019-2025 signed on February 13, 2019 between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia represented by MoEWA, and FAO, the UTF projects “UTF/SAU/054/SAU: Enhancing National capacities for Evidence-based Irrigation Management “UTF/SAU/053/SAU: Promoting efficient irrigation and water productivity amongst farmers have been approved by the FAO and Saudi Irrigation Organization (SIO). The Projects, developed jointly by SIO and FAO focuses directly on supporting the implementation of the Saudi Irrigation Organization Corporate Strategy, which was developed within the context of the Saudi Vision 2030 and aims at strengthening the capacity of SIO to improve irrigation efficiency.
An overall plans and budgets were developed and approved, including activities and outputs that are expected to be accomplished under each project. Requirements for national and international technical expertise for each project have been identified. In order to ensure a coordinated, smooth, timely and successful implementation of these projects, long-term competent international technical advisors have been appointed for each project who will be supported by a team of national specialists and international consultants and experts who are technical specialists in the subject matters of the various outputs and activities. This publication aims to identify the following National Irrigation/Water Resources Management Specialists:
O NATIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST
O NATIONAL IRRIGATION FIELD SPECIALIST
Reporting Lines
The Specialists will report to the Projects Technical Advisor under the overall guidance of the FAO Programme Director in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Technical Focus
Supporting the implementation of related activities under the different outputs in accordance with workplan through the provision of expertise in relevant technical areas to support project implementation.
Tasks and responsibilities
The Specialists will carry out the following tasks (presented according to specialization):
National Irrigation Systems and Technology Specialist:
o Contribute to the process for the irrigation performance assessment, irrigation Master Plan, and Saudi Irrigation Code preparation, as well as the promotion of efficient suggesting methods and tools to be used for data and information gathering and documentation.
o Characterize and organize the key agricultural systems, irrigation water sources, irrigation systems, technologies, practices, and water usage in target locations, identify strengths, key challenges, and opportunities for consideration in the master plan,
o Take into account the different irrigation water sources (fresh groundwater, surface water, drainage, and treated wastewater), identify key irrigation systems, technologies, and practices that are to be supported by the irrigation code, and promoted through the master plan.
o Support and examine effective technologies, irrigation methods and best practices that are relevant to farming and cropping systems used, and help with the promotion of efficient system through their demonstration in Saudi Arabia.
o Support for developing and implementing a method to assess the efficiency of the irrigation systems, technologies, and practices currently used by Saudi farmers.
o Support in planning a series of working sessions/workshops for stakeholder validation.
National irrigation field Specialist:
o Collect and analyze relevant technical, economic, institutional and technology related information, data to support the delivery of projects outcome, outputs, and activities.
o Conduct field surveys, contribute to the design and organization of irrigation system design, establishment and performance assessment.
o Adopt the criteria and tools agreed upon and conduct surveys for the identification and selection demonstration farms/sites,
o Supervise the establishment and operation of the demo farms and provide guidance to the farmers on related technical issues,
o Participate in the organization of meetings, and consultations sessions with the project and SIO teams, and assist the development/production of required materials and the provision of information;
o Support the preparation and documentation of demo farms baseline information, and lead farmer’s data profile,
o Prepare a detailed knowledge management products to document lessons learned from the demonstration farms project.
o Support gathering technical information and reviewing technical documents, related to the target location.
o Coordinate and provide support to different consultants and staff assigned to the project.
o Perform other duties as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• University degree in water resources, and or irrigation, agriculture or related field.
• Five years of relevant experience in field of irrigation, water resources management and or agriculture development
• Working knowledge (Level C) of Arabic and limited knowledge (Level B) of English.
• National of Saudi Arabia or have resident permit (please submit copy with your application).
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing).
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you need help or have queries, please contact: Careers@fao.org
- Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
- Only language proficiency certificates from UN accredited external providers and/or FAO language official examinations (LPE, ILE, LRT) will be accepted as proof of the level of knowledge of languages indicated in the online applications.
- For other issues, visit the FAO employment website: http://www.fao.org/employment/home/en/
- Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
HOW TO APPLY
• To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills
• Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
• Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
• Candidates may be requested to provide performance assessments and authorization to conduct verification checks of past and present work, character, education, military and police records to ascertain any and all information which may be pertinent to the employment qualifications
• Incomplete applications will not be considered
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• Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered
• Your application will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile
• We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.
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